Once everything was tidied up, Yingbao went with her parents and younger brother to wish her grandparents a happy New Year.
On the way, they saw two children hopping along on bamboo poles.
The ends of the bamboo poles each had colored paper horse heads attached, which were the two horse heads Yingbao had given Yuanbao and Huzi.
"Ha ha! Drive! Drive! Charge!" Yuanbao, leading Huzi, raced away, attracting the attention of the nearby children who all followed.
Within the village, a few other children also had similar horse heads, so they all arrogantly lined up and competed to see who could run the fastest.
Those children without horse heads could only ride plain poles and followed at the end, looking lonely and rather unimpressive.
Seeing this made Yingbao want to laugh, and a sudden desire to try it came over her.
However, this was a boys' game, and girls were not only unused to it, but were also not allowed to play.